Tag Archives: FAA

• News

  FAA furloughs over, air traffic controllers back on the job

  A budget-related furlough of air traffic controllers is over — and with it, the resulting travel delays.
• Politics

  Senate passes bill to end FAA furloughs

  The House is expected to take up the proposal on Friday.
• News

  Furlough-fueled delays strike airports

  The log jam is expected to continue as each FAA employee has to take 11 furlough days through September.
• News

  Airlines ask court to block FAA furloughs

  The nation’s airlines asked a federal court on Friday to stop the imminent furlough of air traffic controllers, saying the cuts could delay 6,700 flights daily with passengers waiting up to four hours in some cases.
• News

  FAA to close 149 regional airport control towers

  The FAA on Friday announced it will close 149 regional airport control towers because of forced spending cuts — sparing 40 others that the FAA had been expected to shutter.
• News

  FAA announces 173 air traffic control towers to close

  The federal government will close 173 air traffic control towers at small- and medium-size airports on April 7 because of forced spending cuts.
• Offbeat

  Shakes on a plane (Harlem Shake, that is)

  A Frisbee Club team from Colorado College brought shakes on a plane when they performed the choreographed dance phenomenon, the Harlem Shake.
• News

  Dreamliner GROUNDED: What’s ahead for Boeing?

  Could it get any worse for Boeing?
• News

  FCC asks FAA to allow electronics during takeoff

  The slow process of updating the rules that dictate when and if you can use electronic devices on airplanes is inching along.
• News

  FAA proposes penalty for US Airways over maintenance issue

  FAA proposes $354,500 fine for US Airways
• News

  FAA: Average of 3-near collisions happen every day on airport runways

  The incidents are called runway incursions.
• News

  FAA reconsiders limits on consumer electronics in the sky

  Will the familiar warning for airline passengers to “discontinue the use of all portable electronic devices” become a relic of the past?